Tag Archives: parenting

CALIFORNIA: Christian Group Objects To Gender Training For Foster Parents

“It’s going to continue to confuse children. This is the way the homosexual activists continue to build their numbers — is to get people confused about their gender identity and start acting out. Obviously, people who care about children — Christian couples — they will probably go ahead and go through the training if they’re required to. When they start …

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Bellies Are Very Intoxicating

The Friendly Atheist tips us to Secret Keeper Girl, a “fashion modesty” advice site for young Christian girls. Amanda Johnson writes: In my opinion, the teaching of modesty to teen and preteen girls is one of the most toxic and divisive aspects of Christian culture. It can have life-long implications in the way that women dress, act, and feel about …

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Perkins: Have More Kids, It’s Cheaper

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From FLOTUS To POTUS On Father’s Day

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BRITAIN: Prime Minister David Cameron Leaves His 8 Year-Old Daughter In A Pub

Britain’s tabloids are having a field day after Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife accidentally left their eight year-old daughter behind after visiting a local pub. Horrified David Cameron got home from a Sunday lunch with family and friends — and discovered he had left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub. He dashed back and found little Nancy with …

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The Anti-Gay Not-Scouts

Because of the recent furor over the Girl Scouts’ inclusive membership policy, an anti-gay alternative called the American Heritage Girls is seeing an explosion in membership. The group started with 100 girls in Ohio, and in recent weeks has surpassed 18,000 members in 45 states and six countries. Nine groups with a total of 357 girls meet in the St. …

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How To Beat Your Child For Jesus

Last month Pastor Michael Pearl made national news after one of his followers beat their child to death using the instructions in his book. Pearl has sold over 700,000 copies to Christian home schoolers.(Source)

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Boo-Boos With Bible Verses

Indoctrination! But at least the kid will associate pain with Jeebus. (Source)

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“Mommy, They Are Just Like Me” (CONT)

Our new favorite internet mom has posted a follow-up. UPDATE: Out Magazine has another essay posted.

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Satan Created The Fossil Record

From the parenting website, Baby Center. My neighbor gave my 8-year-old toy dinosaurs. I am a little shocked. She says she is a Christian, but the Bible doesn’t say anything about dinosaurs. Should I let him keep them, as long as he understands that dinosaurs aren’t real? Even the PBS shows that he watches talk about dinosaurs and evolution, and …

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Bachmann 2012

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A Book For Exhausted Parents

A sample verse: “The cats nestle close to their kittens now. The lambs have laid down with the sheep. You’re cozy and warm in your bed, my dear. Please go the fuck to sleep.”

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Scarlet’s Little Moment Of Win

From the It Made My Day forum.

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Tony Perkins: Gay Rights Cost Christians Their Freedom To Be Bigots

“In perhaps the greatest irony, this couple was trying to give children what homosexuals cannot–a loving mother and father. But Europe is so enslaved to ‘tolerance’ that it’s willing to leave children homeless to make a point. Meanwhile, believers across the U.K. are stunned. ‘Christianity isn’t dying,’ wrote one. ‘It’s being eradicated.’ And if Americans think the same thing can’t …

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BBC Covers Foster Parents Case

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BRITAIN: High Court Upholds Banning Of Anti-Gay Foster Parents

In a case that has already seen heavy coverage in the American right-wing press, a British high court has backed a local city council decision to ban foster parents who vow to condemn homosexuality to their children. The case involves Eunice and Owen Johns, who say their right to be foster parents is being denied because of their religious views. …

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Pastor Sean McDowell: Parents Who Accept Gay Kids Make A “Costly Mistake”

Never heard of this guy before, but he and his father are apparently well known evangelists. Reactions to this clip are here, here, and here.

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Coming Out Begins At Home

Via Copyranter, the above is an ad from the National Association Of GLBT In Israel.

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TRAILER: Lead With Love

Clip description: LEAD WITH LOVE follows four families’ experiences in learning that they have a gay or lesbian child. Created for parents who are working through this news themselves, this poignant and informative film shares real stories from parents and children, factual information from psychologists, educators, and clergy, and concrete guidance to help parents keep their children healthy and safe …

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Princess Boy

Five year-old Dyson likes to wear dresses and is the subject of a book by his mother titled, My Princess Boy. This morning Dyson and his mother appeared on the Today Show.

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